About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Bonn, GermanyTwitter
History Archive
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NYT: Iran Kept in Turmoil by Oil and Communism (1951)
Posted on October 5, 2007 | No CommentsThe overwhelming majority of Iranians are neither Moslem nor Communist fanatics. They are illiterate and poverty-ridden peasants without any clear political conscience. Tell them their lot is well night intolerable, and they will instantly agree. Their basic attitude is one of hatred of government. The... -
“This marvellous city, San Francisco!”
Posted on March 12, 2007 | No CommentsTwo Years Before the Mast, 1869: Late in the afternoon, as there were vespers at the Roman Catholic churches, I went to that of Notre Dame des Victoires. The congregation was French, and a sermon in French was preached by an Abbé; the music was... -
On the name Cyrus
Posted on August 24, 2006 | 37 CommentsA new friend emailed me this morning, asking me about why I pronounce my name the way I do, and so I figured it was high time that I actually write up something to have for posterity. The name itself is Persian, but of Greek...
